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In our timeline, Lous XVI restored the parlements with full powers. They later blocked him raising taxes, which of course led to the French revolution.

But what happens if he never gives them these powers, and brings them back just as advisory bodies? If he can raise taxes at will, the French revolution never happens in the 18th Century, I think.

What would happen instead? I'm imagining an increasingly high tax base in France that strangles their economy. Potentially an economic crash around the 1820 period?
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